Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Paternal Family Tree: Moyle aka Copley
On 23rd September 1757 [her father] Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet [aged 42] and [her mother] Mary Buller Lady Copley [aged 30] were married.
In November 1759 Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet [aged 44] and Mary Buller Lady Copley [aged 32].
On 20th June 1779 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 22] and Catherine Moyle [aged 19] were married at St Marylebone Church.
In 1781 [her daughter] Harriet Margaret Hamilton was born to [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 24] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 21].
On 16th April 1781 [her father] Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet [aged 66] died. His son [her brother] Lionel [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
On 10th January 1784 [her daughter] Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aberdeen was born to [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 27] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 24]. She married 28th July 1805 George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen and had issue.
On 28th February 1785 [her daughter] Maria Hamilton was born to [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 28] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 25].
On 7th October 1786 [her son] James Hamilton was born to [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 30] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 26]. He married 25th November 1809 Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen and had issue.
On 3rd March 1787 [her mother] Mary Buller Lady Copley [aged 59] died.
On 1st November 1787 [her son] Claud Hamilton was born to [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 31] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 28].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 9th October 1789 James Hamilton 8th Earl Abercorn [aged 76] died. His nephew [her husband] John [aged 33] succeeded 9th Earl Abercorn. Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 29] by marriage Countess Abercorn.
On 15th October 1790 [her husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 34] was created 1st Marquess Abercorn. Catherine Moyle [aged 30] by marriage Marchioness Abercorn.
On 13th September 1791 Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn [aged 31] died.
On 4th March 1792 [her former husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 35] and Cecil Hamilton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in April 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet [aged 22] the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins.
On 23rd May 1799 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough. He was the younger brother of her first husband's [John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 42]] first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
In 1800 [her former husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 43] and Anne Jane Gore [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran [aged 65] and Catherine Annesley.
On 27th January 1818 [her former husband] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 61] died. His grandson James [aged 7] succeeded 2nd Marquess Abercorn, 10th Earl Abercorn.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
GrandFather: Joseph Moyle
Father: Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Averley Copley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Copley 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Godfrey Copley 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandMother: Catherine Copley 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Purcell Lady Copley Sprotborough
Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Buller 
GrandFather: John Francis Buller
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pollexfen of Nutwell in Woodbury in Devon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Pollexfen
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Duncombe of Weston 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe
Mother: Mary Buller Lady Copley 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Trelawny 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Trelawny 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Killigrew 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bishop Jonathan Trelawny 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Baronet 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Seymour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Killigrew Baroness Seymour 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Rebecca Trelawny 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England